Money till



April 17, 1928. 1,666,605

- J. R. M LELLAN MQNEi TILL Filed Nov. 16, 1925 FIG.

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Patented Apr. 17, 1928.

UNITED STATES JOSEPH R. MGLELLAN, OF WICHITA, KANSAS.

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Application filed November 16, 1925.

lVIy invention relates to improvements in money t-ills, and has for its chief object an invisible device for turning on a burglar alarm.

A still further object of my invention is to provide an alarm device in the money till that is not discerned by the burglar while complying with his demands.

A still further object of my invention is to provide an alarm system in a money till that is operative simultaneous with the removal of the money from the drawer.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the money till.

Fig. 2 is a rear view of the till disclosing the circuit closing means.

Fig. 3 is a transverse view of the till, partly in section taken on line IIIIII in Fig. 1.

Fig. 41 is a front view of the till, parts removed for the lack of space.

Fig. 5 is a wiring diagram for the mechanism.

In Fig. 1 is shown a plurality of tills 10, in which paper currency may be placed, the said tills having a sub floor 11., positioned on an incline, and preferably made of metal, the outer end of which has its bearing on the floor proper as 'at A. The opposite end being carried by supporting blades 12, to which they are rigidly attached by means of rivets or soldering. The said blades being concealed by a partition 13, in the bottom of said partition is a slot in which the blades will move in its reciprocations as shown by dotted lines B in Fig. 3.

In the rear of the partition and rigidly attached to the bottom proper of the till is an insulator 14: on which is positioned bus bars 15 and 15 the said bars being firmly at tached by bolts 16. On bus bar 15' is positioned jaws 17 functioning as supporting means for said blades 12, and in alignment therewith are jaws 18 which are rigidly connected to bus bar 15, the upwardly extend ing ends of last said jaws are bent outward as at C and adapted to clamp on the end of the blades 12 when said blades are forced downward as shown at D in Fig. 2 and simultaneously the jaw 17 tensions on the blade closing the circuit. Vertically positioned on bus bar 15 is a post 20 having a spring 21 positioned on the top end thereof Serial No. 69,412.

and a similar postand spring is positioned on bus bar 15, the said springs adapted to friction on metal strips 22 which are imbedded in the counter top 23, and to the said strips 20 are connected the wiring means extending to a predetermined place giving the signal of burglary, the wiring system being shown in Fig. 5.

It will be understood that the blades 12 and jaws 17 and 18 function as a knife blade switch, the springs 21 function as brushes as the money till is drawn outward.

I have provided a sound deadening means by placing a cushion 24 on the floor proper as shown in Fig. 3 so that the downward movement of the sub bottom will strike thereon, eliminating unusual sound.

The operation of the alarm system will be as follows: When the teller is approached by a burglar demanding the money, he will proceed to take the bills from the cash drawer and in so doing any one of the sub bottoms may be pushed downward closing the circuit turning on the burglaralarm, the action of which is undetected by the burglar.

I Such modifications may be employed in the construction and installation thereof as lie within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a till alarm, the combination of a casing, a drawer in said casing, an alarm positioned at a distance from said casing and connecting means between said alarm, and said casing including manually operable means in said drawer for operating said alarm.

2. In a till alarm, the combination of a casing, a drawer in said casing, an electric alarm positioned at a distance from said casing, a circuit therefor and manually operable means in said drawer for closing said circuit.

3. In a hold-up alarm, the combination of a money drawer, an alarm positioned at a distance from said drawer, connecting means between said drawer and said alarm including manually operable means in said drawer operable coincidentally with removal of money from the drawer for operating said alarm.

JOSEPH R. MoLELLAN. 

